Here's one that I'm especially proud of, in that ever since I began sharing it on the Internet it has been popping up again and again on other people's sites and blogs too!  I suppose some artists might get upset when something like this happens, but I think it's great exposure — both for myself and for the specific work —  being showcased alongside such luminaries of the fantasy art field as Brian Froud and the Brothers Hildebrandt!

Yes indeed, my art has gone viral!!!  When you do a Google image search for anything from BILBO & TROLLS to MIDDLE EARTH ART, this painting consistently shows up on page one and has probably been seen thus by tens of thousands of people, maybe more.

This is a scene from THE HOBBIT, of course, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's classic tale which preceded and set the stage for THE LORD OF THE RINGS.  The Moon is setting as the trolls argue amongst themselves, goaded on by Gandalf the Wizard who is practicing ventriloquism at a distance in the background.  Tied up in bags inside the stone lined cave portal are the hobbit's companions on the quest for The Lonely Mountain — the dwarves of Thorin's company.  When the Moon sets shortly, the Sun will rise and the trolls caught unaware will turn into stone, then the members of the dwarf cartel will be released and their adventure continue.  One artistic liberty: I included Bilbo more heavily in the action than called for in the book.  By this time he had actually scampered away and was hiding in the bushes.